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A welcome victory for the Gunners, with some impressive performances by Cech, Mustafi, Holding, Xhaka and Aubameyang but poor performances by Elneny, Mykhitaryan, Ozil and Iwobi. While Arsenal setup in a notional 4-2-3-1 formation prematch, they appeared to adopt more of a 4-2-4 formation… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: Arsenal vs Watford”
A great outcome for the Gunners but on closer inspection there were disappointing individual performances by the majority of Arsenal’s starting 11, including Chambers, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Ramsey, Ozil and Wilshere. Fortunately for Arsenal, Milan’s wayward shooting and a strong attacking performance from Mykhitaryan, ensured… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: AC Milan vs Arsenal”
Another disjointed performance from the Gunners whose central midfielders again positioned themselves far too far from Arsenal’s centre backs, exposing Arsenal’s central defenders to counterattacks. While Arsenal setup in a notional 4-2-3-1 formation prematch, they appeared to adopt more of a 3-3-4 formation in… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: Brighton vs Arsenal”
Player analysis from Arsenal’s 3-0 loss to Manchester City
Player analysis from Arsenal’s 3-0 loss to Manchester City
Player analysis from Arsenal’s 2-1 loss to Oestersunds
With Arsenal’s striking options lacking players with proven aerial strength, and Wenger’s preferred slow possession hoarding attacking approach and his desire to have his side compress the game into the opponent’s final third, denying Arsenal’s mobile forwards the space to be effective, I was… Continue Reading “A tribute to Olivier Giroud”
Player analysis for Arsenal’s 3-0 victory against Oestersunds